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hysterectomy

[ his-tuh-rek-tuh-mee ]

noun

Surgery.
plural hysterectomies.
  1. excision of the uterus.


hysterectomy

/ ˌɪəˈɛəɪ /

noun

  1. surgical removal of the uterus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hysterectomy

  1. Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.

hysterectomy

  1. The surgical removal of all or part of the uterus .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hysterectomy1

First recorded in 1885–90; hyster- + -ectomy
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Example Sentences

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Mrs Stephenson started chemotherapy before having a full hysterectomy.

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At Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, detainees were alleged to have been pressured to undergo unneeded procedures like hysterectomies under the first Trump administration.

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After her final surgery, an oophorectomy and a partial hysterectomy, she took a week to recover and then started filming “Your Friends & Neighbors” in Mount Kisco, N.Y.

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Amy says she did not feel the sense of loss some women experience after a hysterectomy, because of the "dramatic" and immediate benefits to her sister.

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That patient had previously undergone surgery to get a hysterectomy, and according to the complaint Lee allegedly said he needed to perform the exam to confirm she did not have a cervix.

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